Mikel Arteta has made it clear Emile Smith Rowe has a future at Arsenal.

The midfielder was outstanding in victory over Luton in midweek.

Arteta, ahead of tomorrow's trip to Brighton, said: "Yeah. I just look at him and what happened in the last seasons especially, but what happened three seasons [ago] as well.

"Take all that. It is the best thing that could have happened for him in his career - if he uses it the right way now. So, don't look back and say: 'Ah, if, if'. No, this happened, use it. 'That was the best thing that could have happened, I had great moments, I had difficult moments, now I know what I want, how to deal with that. That is going to make me a much better player'.

"And, you could see, the hell of a player that we have in him when he is fit and he is playing at that level."